> I really don't know why people are even taking Mr. Johnson's provocations> seriously. The effort to "decolonize" anthropology has been going on for> a long time, some would argue since Boas.>> My sympathies go to a white man like Mr. Johnson who feels such painful> levels of guilt that he contributes agonizing confessionals for all to> see.

The very fact that people respond in a sometimes defensive way to
Johnson's "agonizing confessionals" (I would say they're a little too
terse to be agonizing or confessional) is a good indication that since
Boas, anthropologists have partly failed at "decolonizing." Although
broad, his ideas are sensible.